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‘£79k drug farm’ Burnley gang face trial

FOUR men are set to face a crown court judge after an alleged £79,000 cannabis operation was discovered at a farm in Burnley.

Anthony McArdle, 48, of Red Spar Road, Burnley, appeared before Pennine magistrates charged with permitting Lower Gibfield Farm, Crown Point Road, to be used for the production of cannabis and dishonestly obtaining electricity totalling £10,144 between January and July 2013.